What are you enjoying at the moment?

eoinfennessy · 29-02-2012 12:15AM

Edward Simon - Poesia

dasdog · 04-03-2012 02:53AM

Gyalist · 06-03-2012 12:09PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmDcWr1yqCc

wexie · 06-03-2012 12:25PM

dasdog · 14-04-2012 12:15PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRkGglLe-U

I'd no idea I'd been listening to this fella for years (Art Blakey, Coltrane, Weather Report, etc...)

G.K. · 14-07-2012 08:38PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MN3dFxrC1Y

We played this and 2 other songs at the Barbican today in the Essentially Ellington festival.

BrunoGeist · 23-07-2012 08:56PM

Hi everybody!
Jerzy Milan - "Wsrod Pampasow"

Custardpi · 31-07-2012 10:21AM

Been listening to a lot of the classics recently. Purchased the "Ultimate" cd reissue of Coltrane's Blue Train to replace my worse for wear old copy - music sounds a bit fuller & there's a couple of extra tracks (alternate takes) on it which is cool, a good excuse to listen to a great album again.

Also picked up the Sundazed vinyl reissue of Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King - a fantastic pressing (which sadly isn't always the case with reissues), great depth & lifelike presentation to the recording. A real pleasure to listen to.

Lastly I've been listening to an record that I picked up a few years ago based purely on liking the name, but which I disliked on first listen & didn't take out of the sleeve again. A few days ago I decided to give "Rev" Eugene McDaniel's Headless Heroes of The Apocalypse another spin & to my surprise (possibly because I've listened to a fair amount of soul jazz, funk & psychedelia in the intervening period) I actually really enjoyed it. Probably a bit weird for some but interesting to listen to it in the political context of the time. Having heard Gil Scott Heron's Free Will in the interim I was put in mind of that album (released the following year), though Heron's commentary is more directly contemporary. There's some great playing on Headless Heroes & it's definitely worth a relisten if it doesn't grab you the first time.

18AD · 10-08-2012 05:06PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqdc6R_0F5s

Setun · 17-08-2012 10:38AM

Some wonderful stuff posted here lately, thanks all

For those of you that are not accustomed to the Hammond B3 of Larry Young (he played with Tony Williams Lifetime, and also on Bitches Brew), this is a real treat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9sFuwE5Iuw

His album Unity on Blue Note is a classic. Also check out his recordings as a sideman with Grant Green, especially Talkin About.

BrunoGeist · 17-08-2012 11:09AM

Setun, many thanks, didn't know this one. The tune for today is "Time Out" by Dave Brubeck Quartet. I know it's rather well known album but I got me hands on brand new 180g pressing so this spins at home at the moment. My favourite is "Everybody's jumpin" with such a cool double base progression.

Setun · 27-08-2012 07:40PM

Yeah Time Out is great, coincidentally I've just started listening to this again recently. The final track with the staccato piano block chords is a fantastic moment on the album.

Another wonderful pianist with a great composition: Duke Pearson - When Sunny Gets Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8f7Q-uMXkI

Ole Rodrigo · 29-08-2012 08:53PM

From the album ' Whats it all about '

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYcZ6s3z1jg

18AD · 29-08-2012 09:46PM

Loving Vital Information at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPY3TvLYwTM

Shakti · 06-09-2012 06:25PM

BrunoGeist wrote: »

Hi everybody!
Jerzy Milan - "Wsrod Pampasow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMDch6XEtw

nice choice Bruno fixed your vid for you

BrunoGeist · 06-09-2012 06:38PM

Shakti wrote: »

nice choice Bruno fixed your vid for you

Thanks a million mate!

dasdog · 07-09-2012 08:55PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GNI2K3-ec

18AD · 15-10-2012 12:54PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qQJ5HyhG24

Gonzovision · 16-10-2012 07:39PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow

zombiepaw · 18-10-2012 10:17AM

I am really enjoying Jumpin Johnny Sansones new album "The Lord Is Waiting And The Devil Is Too", excellent hard blues with some filthy guitar work from Anders Osborne.

Custardpi · 21-10-2012 10:06AM

Currently kicking back with some quality Scandanavian jazz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1J6d_JJzvI

Berlin at night · 21-11-2012 01:53AM

Just got turned onto Lyric FM's Blue of the night; darn good mellow stuff and perfect for late at night for reading a book to. The Lyric stuff can be dodgy during the day as there is too much opera, which I can't stand.

earlytobed · 06-12-2012 04:12PM

Some ole Zydeco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7AtDm8lP6A

Gonzovision · 09-12-2012 04:48PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQJybhk47xU

G.K. · 18-12-2012 09:02PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-eS5s0Agzw

The shout chorus from 4:35 is especially good, imo. Eric Miyashiro (Lead Trumpet) is brilliant.

I'm incredibly lucky to play in a band directed by Jay Craig, who wrote this piece and plays Bari Sax in the video here.

G.K. · 30-12-2012 07:36PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auMsP0q0FeI

My grandmother bought me a decent bit of Ellington's stuff for Christmas and I'm in love with this track. So simple, yet so good. And I can't resist a wailing lead trumpet.

Custardpi · 30-12-2012 08:58PM

If you're more conservative in your tastes you might not like Robert Glasper's efforts to blend jazz with modern styles like R&B, hip-hop & alt. rock but personally I think it sounds great. Really enjoyed the album Double Booked which came out a few years ago & recently picked up his ambitious collaborative project Black Radio on lovely gatefold vinyl. This interpretation of Nirvana's best known song is the closing track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5CJoFAAogs

G.K. · 30-12-2012 11:23PM

Dunno if the live version conveys that perfectly, but I listened to the album version and that's pretty cool.

G.K. · 16-01-2013 09:45PM

Really enjoying Stan Tracey's Feather, Fin and Limb atm. However, can't find an album version of it online, only a school band, so here's my band playing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvcPg2H-yAg

Custardpi · 20-01-2013 11:55PM

I'd vaguely heard of this guy before but had never really investigated any further. Picked up The Jazz Messengers CD on a whim a few days ago & can't believe how good it sounds. The below track in particular really swings. Great record, shame on me for overlooking it for so long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8v3Rburw

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